There are no fees or reservations associated with Tupelo National Battlefield. The site is a unit of the National Park Service and is administered by the Natchez Trace Parkway, headquartered in Tupelo, along at Parkway Milepost 266. For questions concerning the site call the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center at 1-800-305-7417. The Visitor Center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Central Time), every day except December 25.
Did You Know?
In 2001, scientists taking a plant inventory in Biscayne National Park discovered a population of semaphore pricklypear cactus, one of the world's rarest plants. Previously known as only 9 plants in the lower Florida Keys, the new population numbered 570 plants...over 60 times the previous count.